The Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine is famous for its longevity. The oldest known living specimen, near Pikes Peak, is 2500 years old. Native to Colorado, Bristlecone pines grow in some of the state’s ...
IT WAS just a seedling when Egypt’s great pyramids were built. By the time the Roman empire fell its trunk was gnarled and auburn, stretching up more than ten metres. The ancient bristlecone pine ...